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Austinian

Austinian adjective: relating to or characteristic of John Austin (legal philosopher).

Adjective

Austinian (comparative more Austinian, superlative most Austinian)

  1. Relating to or characteristic of John Austin (legal philosopher).
  2. Relating to or characteristic of John Langshaw Austin, British philosopher of language and leading proponent of ordinary language philosophy.

Proper noun

Austinian

  1. An age forming part of the Cretaceous.

Forms of Austinian

comparativemore Austinian
superlativemost Austinian

Origin of Austinian

From Austin + -ian.

Questions about Austinian

What does Austinian mean?
Austinian means relating to or characteristic of John Austin (legal philosopher).
What part of speech is Austinian?
Austinian can be an adjective or a proper noun.

Words near Austinian in the dictionary

  1. Austerlitz
  2. Austhorpe
  3. Austin
  4. Austin County
  5. Austin Heights
  6. Austinian
  7. austinite
  8. austinites
  9. Austinmer
  10. austinol
  11. Austins

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